Five Indonesian Tribes Have a Tradition of Wandering
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VIVA – Wander is an activity of a person's journey to a certain place with a specific purpose such as for work and education reasons.
Many factors drive people to leave their place of origin or birth to go to another place. Among them are the traditional or cultural factors of an ethnic group, and there are also economic, educational, and war factors.
It turns out, there are several tribes in Indonesia who like to wander. In fact, wandering has become a tradition or culture that has been handed down by their ancestors for hundreds of years and until now.
Well, here are Indonesian tribes who have a tradition of wandering.
1. Minangkabau tribe
Rumah Adat Gandang Minangkabau
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It turns out, the origin of the word Wander or local people known as "Merantau" comes from the Minangkabau language and culture, namely "Overseas". Initially, Rantau meant areas outside the Minangkabau core.
The activities of people from the core region to the outer region are called "Marantau" or going to the overseas region. It took a long time to wake up when overseas became Minangkabau territory.
A Minangkabau man when he reached the age of a young adult (20 to 30 years) had gone abroad by the Minangkabau traditional culture adopted by the tribe, estimated to have been around the 7th century.
2. Bugis
Tradisi angkat rumah panggung di masyarakat Suku Bugis.
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The Bugis tribe is also a tribe that likes to wander. Bugis-Makassar wander has been intense since the defeat of the Kingdom of Gowa against the Dutch which ended with the Bongaya Agreement in 1667 which felt very binding and insulting to the Bugis-Makassarese.
After the defeat of the Dutch and the feeling of being oppressed by the Bongaya Agreement, the independent Bugis-Makassar people also scattered to leave their homeland. By ship they wandered to other areas in the archipelago, even to a number of other countries.
3. Banjar Tribe
